Hawke's Bay Club Rugby 2022
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@Stargazer said in Hawke's Bay Club Rugby 2022:
Tyrone Thompson scored both Tech's tries! Definitely going to watch that game, tomorrow.
The result was way closer than the actual play indicated it should have been. My guys should really have won by about ten points or more but Taradale did defend very well when under heavy pressure for about the first 25 minutes of the second half and came back into the game for about five to ten minutes before my guys got on top in the last five minutes. A bit of squeaky bumness right at the end when Taradale got a couple of penalties to get back to within kicking distance but a massive scrum on the Tech tight head side won a penalty and it was all over.
Taradale had the wind in the first half and scored a couple of penalties and a bitsy type of a try from a somewhat lucky situation early on to hold a halftime lead by about five points after my guys scored a try with about ten minutes left to the break.
Tech dominated the second half and it really was a case of how much we would win by but Taradale certainly made us work hard for the win, courtesy of a Sheridan Rangihuna penalty with less than ten minutes left. Tech certainly held the upper hand come scrum time but the lineout malfunctioned rather badly. There was not much backline play but Taradale did pass it along quite crisply a couple of times in the first half (without being overly threatening) whereas my guys played it tight most of the game. Just as well it was a nice sunny day and not too cold for the underemployed on attack Texan backs. Taradale had a big bruiser at No 8 and my guys player of the day was Nick Patumaka who shone out at blindside. Big things are likely from this promising player.
My guys now hold a comfortable lead of 7 points on the table and have got Havelock Nth at Whitmore Park next week. Needless to say but I had to get a taxi back to where I am staying!.For @Magpie_in_aus information the Colts smoked the combined Napier Old Boys-Marist outfit 36 - 24 on the losers home ground, only a last minute converted try got the score so close in a much enjoyed result by myself. The Reserves got home over Takapau at Takapau by about 5 points and the ladies rolled CHB by about 70 on Friday night.
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I see that Jono Bredin just happens to be in Dannevirke this coming Saturday and like the good soldier he is he has brought his whistle with him just in case and low and behold the good folks at HBRFU have twisted his arm and persuaded him to adjudicate the Aotea v Clive Nash Cup game. The Texans meanwhile have the affable Stuart Catley controlling their vital game against Havelock North. Think he was also in charge at Whitmore Park last week so I have nothing against him, especially if the result is similar to that game. I have already booked in to be the official TMO for the game with backup coming from Roxy McLeod if there is any doubt over which way the decision should be going.
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Ray White Premier Grade (Nash Cup)
4/6/2022
3:00pm
Aotea vs Clive
Rugby Park: Field 1
Match Centre
Jono Bredin [Referee], Dean Chamberlain [AR1], Scott Klem [AR2] -
Round 8 Nash Cup (4 June 2022)
Aotea v Clive - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16985
Taradale v Pirates - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16986
Tech v Havelock N - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16987
Tamatea v NOBM - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16988
Central v Hastings - lviestream: https://sideline.live/play/16989
Bye: MAC -
Clive: TBA
Taradale: TBA
Look at Havelock North's no. 8! Cooper has to move for the big bro!
Tamatea: TBA
NOBM:
1 Johnny Faleiva, 2 Reilly Hannan, 3 Iakopo Tana, 4 Boris van Bruchem, 5 Ziah Taumoepeau, 6 Logan Ede, 7 William Tremain, 8 Pouvi Fatialofa, 9 Ellery Wilson, 10 Jonty Stewart, 11 Josh McIntyre, 12 Bain Champion, 13 Duff Penitito, 14 Kere Penitito, 15 Michael BuckleyReserves: 16 Pio Mauga, 17 Pulea Faleiva, 18 Hannon Brighouse, 19 Ricky Hayes, 20 Luke Chamberlain, 21 Brendon Carroll, 22 Panini Timu
Central
1 Wilbur Redward, 2 Rhys Hardwidge, 3 Ben Hince, 4 William Gunson, 5 Tom Parsons, 6 Frank Lochore, 7 Jack Griffen, 8 Thomas Fogarty, 9 Tom Beachen, 10 Tate Harte, 11 Nicholas White, 12 Zaccheaus Simpson, 13 James Logan, 14 Matthew Ellmers, 15 Braydon HardwidgeReserves: 16 Maxmillion Fryatt, 17 Tui Kuru, 18 Joel Hintz, 19 Trent Harris, 20 Tyler Kopua,
Hastings: TBA, but it looks like Danny Toala will be playing!
hrs.premiers_ It’s been a rough few weeks for us here with some hard losses and boys out with injuries or bugs.
We’ve got a big job playing CHB down in Waipukarau tomorrow but it’ll be good to have this guy running out in our colours for the next couple of weeks 🔵⚪️🟢 -
Results round 8 Nash Cup (4 June 2022)(match sheets under the links)
Aotea 48 - 36 Clive
Taradale 66 - 0 Pirates
Tech 28 - 10 Havelock N
Tamatea 29 - 41 NOBM
Central 28 - 29 HastingsDanny Toala got a red card!
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The ultimate outcome of the Altherm Texans match against Havelock Nth was decided in the very first scrum of the match when the Tech pack won a penalty when the visitors loosehead collapsed somewhat meekly. From them on it was simply a matter of how much my guys would win by. Two converted tries within the first 20 minutes was a good indication of the Tech dominance and that it was just a matter of how much they would win by. Every scrum was further embarrassment for the visitors and they even had to resort to taking throw ins rather than scrums when ever the Texan hooker was ruled to have a not straight throw, and there were a good number of those. On the other side of the coin the previously good Tech lineout was awful, and that was describing it kindly.
much of the game was confined to within the domain of forward areas of expertise.
Having said that the Tech back did spread the ball wide on a decent number of occasions with Jayden Stock and Teddy Walters going well. The Tech first five, a little wee guy, certainly excited me whenever he was in possession, you just never knew what would happen. There were a number of completely unexpected moments, most of them came off.Havelock had the two Flanders brothers and former pusher for inclusion into the Wellington Lions Sam Smith who all played ok but were somewhat overshadowed by the overall dominance of the Tech forward pack. Aspiring HB halfback Isaac Bracewell had a bit of a nightmare for Havelock, getting "sacked" about four or five times which to me was personally disappointing as I have known the kid ever since he started playing senior club rugby in Wellington. At this stage I would not have any of Smith or Bracewell in the Magpies matchday 23, and even within the squad would be a bit of a surprise (unless Mr. Philpott was still involved). The Havelock backline line were never a threat to my guys with about three battering rams and a winger whose tackling stats were worse than Alan Hewsons making things easier than expected defensive wise. Having said that the home side was very good on both the defensive and aggressive defence phases.
All in all I am very pleased about the result even and the match itself though I expect the worst when I wake up in the morning, and I am not referring to the cricket score here! A flu bug swept through the Texans during the week and there were a number of decidedly looking flu ridden seedy players that I spotted after they had wormed up so they did really well to win as well as they did. Two more rounds left and my guys are still more than a win ahead of all the other runners. things are looking very good indeed.
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The refereeing appointments for this week are already out and it shows Mr. Bredin continues his northward migration, all the way fom Dannevirke to Tamatea Park where Pirates and MAC will be under his control. If he has moved permanently to HB then we have refs with first class appointments available to be allocated to all Ray White Nash Cup games and must become the envy of most other provinces. Others on the whistle this week are Mark Johnston, Sheldon Eden-Whaitiri, Dan Waenga (CHB v Tech) and Nick Hogan. Thats a pretty impressuve list!
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@Higgins Hopefully, Mr Bredin will start loving the Bay so much that he'll be on our side for once, if & when we play Taranaki. (Obviously, to play Taranaki, we'll have to reach the finals, because we don't play them during the round robin.)
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@Stargazer On the other hand we could avoid him as that would breach the neutrality of referees protocol. And referring back to he Pukekura Park experience, next time we get Taranaki at least the field might be full size with full size in goal areas as well
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Round 9 Nash Cup (11 June 2022)
Pirates v MAC - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16990
Havelock N v Aotea - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16991
Tamatea v Taradale - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16992
Central v Tech - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16993
Hastings v NOBM - livestream: https://sideline.live/play/16994
Bye: Clive -
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@Stargazer Bethel has been rather starved out on the left wing these last few weeks as the play has been mostly confined to using the strong forward pack to snuff out any real chances the opposition might have. Luckily the weather has been reasonably warm so he did not freeze to death out there whilst sitting back and twiddling his thumbs admiring the big boys getting the job done. Expect to see a more wide ranging expansive gameplan tomorrow which will give a better indication of his current form.
This will be his brothers first appearance in a few weeks but can't let you know if he has ben injured or has had other commitments (I forgot to ask last Saturday night). I suppose his reappearance ruins any remote chance of a later than late call up for myself! -
Pirates: TBA
MAC
1 Brandon Televave, 2 Damarus Hokianga, 3 Abraham Lauaki, 4 Solomone Fono, 5 Fraser Taurima-Heperi, 6 Tupou Afungia, 7 William Benson, 8 Lexus Greening, 9 Zedakiah Te Rongonui Kingi Awa, 10 Ioane Lauano, 11 Josiah Sakaria, 12 Meni Manase, 13 Mefiposeti Tupou, 14 Roger Paewai, 15 John Ika, 16 Amiga Mikaele, 17 Duane Awa, 18 Joeli Tora, 19 Vailoa Kereti, 20 Tui Paikea, 21 Sivinia Koroi, 22 Larry Olive
Tamatea
1 Tane Cooper, 2 Uenuku Haerara, 3 ?, 4 Daniel Paku, 5 Anaru Kupa, 6 Petera Kahui-Ariki, 7 Donovan Godinet, 8 Te Rira Rowlands, 9 Raymond Manupuna, 10 Ash Robinson-Bartlett, 11 Jordarn Harmer, 12 jimi harris, 13 Hunta Marsh, 14 Mataeus Marsh, 15 Oranga HarrisReserves: 16 Mason Kean, 17 Arama Kite, 18 Andrew Malama, 19 Jason Robinson, 20 McKenzie Brown, 21 Bo Ross, 21 Maka Harris, # Dennon Robinson-Bartlett (only just back from the MLR, and already straight back into club rugby)
Taradale: TBA
Joel Hintz, Tom Parsons and Harry Godfrey all back for Central.
Hastings: TBA, but Jordan Thompson-Dunn and Fale Matamata are back from Portugal, so may be in the squad.
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Is that the correct photo for the No 4 in the combined Napier Old Boys-Marist team?
Interesting to note CHB have elected to give three HB Magpies players that have been missing pretty much the whole season to date starts today. Also Mason Kean in the number 16 jersey for Tamatea
